Angels Rejoiced

Key of Bb · Chords: I IV V

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Verse 1

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A house not a home was the picture Satan painted
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For sweet little sister and me
Our daddy would frown while mother was praying
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His heart was so hardened that he would not believe

Verse 2

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In anger he’d swear his voice cold and loud
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His Sundays were spent out with the gambling crowd
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I’ve never seen my daddy inside a house of God
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For Satan held his hand down the path of sin he trod

Verse 3

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Not long ago our circle was broken
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When God called on mother one night
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In a voice sweet and low her last words were spoken
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Asking our daddy to raise her children right

Verse 4

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The angels rejoiced in heaven last night
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I heard my daddy praying til God made it right
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He was smiling and singing with tears in his eyes
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While mother with the angels rejoiced last night

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